Christopher Tilley

Chris Tilley is a British archaeologist and Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology at University College London, known for his contributions to post-processualist archaeological theory. Quotes Discourse occurs at the silent level of the artefact and is continuously presenced in the world as such. It is a discourse which is not, and cannot be, articulated in speech. Buchli (Ed.) Victor Christopher Tilley The Material Culture Reader 2002 Berg 1-85973-559-2 Oxford When we link things metaphorically we recognise similarity in difference, we think one thing in terms of attributes of another. Buchli (Ed.) Victor Christopher Tilley The Material Culture Reader 2002 Berg 1-85973-559-2 Oxford To be human is to think through metaphors. Buchli (Ed.) Victor Christopher Tilley The Material Culture Reader 2002 Berg 1-85973-559-2 Oxford Metaphors are thus the very medium and outcome of our analysis. Buchli (Ed.) Victor Christopher Tilley The Material Culture Reader 2002 Berg 1-85973-559-2 Oxford External links Category:Academics from the United Kingdom Category:Anthropologists from the United Kingdom Category:Archaeologists from the United Kingdom Category:Living people Category:University of Cambridge alumni